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There is "increasing confidence" in Whitehall that LOCOG Chair Sebastian Coe, "whose stock is high after successfully delivering a memorable Games," can be persuaded to take over as the British Olympic Association Chair, according to Owen Gibson of the London GUARDIAN. Earlier this month, Coe was the ministers' first choice to take on the role, after the incumbent Colin Moynihan announced that he would step down a year early. Moynihan said that he was stepping down prematurely "in order to give his replacement time to prepare" for the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics.